Not that it plays a huge role into whether they'll take him or not, but I love that he's a lefty, especially with all the right-handed bats we currently have. Whether all those righties will still be around by the time Alonso makes it up, no idea, but still. A power-hitting lefty would be a great thing to have homegrown from our system.

Not that it plays a huge role into whether they'll take him or not, but I love that he's a lefty, especially with all the right-handed bats we currently have. Whether all those righties will still be around by the time Alonso makes it up, no idea, but still. A power-hitting lefty would be a great thing to have homegrown from our system.

If he does want 12 million and he falls to us you can rest assured he will fall at least one more slot...no way the Sox pay that kind of money to anyone. Not even half of that.

I've actually heard the Posey doesn't has a fairly low ceiling, especially for a possible number 1 pick...that he projects as a 6 or 7 hitter in the majors.

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Shoeless Joe Jackson: The first two were high and tight, so where do you think the next one's gonna be?
Archie Graham: Well, either low and away, or in my ear.
Shoeless Joe Jackson: He's not gonna wanna load the bases, so look low and away.
Archie Graham: Right.
Shoeless Joe Jackson: But watch out for in your ear.

Nobody knows, so it's fun to guess. At least everything I've seen and read says the Marlins want a catcher, whether its Posey or Skipworth. I have a feeling Crow might fall out of the top 8. The rest of that look about right. I think the only team that might sneak up and take Smoak would be the Giants if they don't like Posey's pricetag. So Smoak would go to SF and Posey to FL, leaving us probably with Alonso.

I'll be interested to see who we choose if Smoak and GBeckham are both available, since earlier there was a lot of connection between the Reds and Crow.